Main abbreviations you guys use please :)

[I Am Herenow]

Hi there!

I'd like to know the main abbreviations used in these forums.

So far I have:

STW - Shogun: Total War
MTW - Medieval: Total War
RTW - Rome: Total War

~BI - ~ Barbarian Invasion
~V - ~ Vanilla [unmodded]
EB - Europa Barbarorum

MIC - Military Industrial Complex

RTR - Rome: Total Realism

M2TW - Medieval 2: Total War
CTD - Crash to desktop
TC - Total conversion (mod)

I need:

AAR
PBM (although I'm guessing it's something like "Player-based mod")
AoR
Any others I should know!

Thanks in advance! :)

[Caius]

AAR
PBM (although I'm guessing it's something like "Player-based mod")

First Welcome to the org!

AAR:After Battle Report
PBM:Play by multiplayer Mail
KTM:Kick to Menu(Modding problem)
ZOR:Zone of Recruitment
ME:TW Middle Earth:Total War(Rome mod)
VBM:Vanilla Balancing Mod(Rome mod)
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BTW:By the way

Those are utilizated.But I need to know AFAIK, and FTW too

[UltraWar]

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AFK - Away from Keyboard
FTW - For the win
UW - UltraWar
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[Dutch_guy]

AAR
PBM (although I'm guessing it's something like "Player-based mod")
AoR

1. After Action Report.
   
2. Play by mail
   
3. Area of recruitment.

AFAIK = As Far As I Know.

FTW = For the win ?

[Martok]

FTW = For the win ?

Yes. FTW = For the win.

[Caius]

CF:Caius Flaminius

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

I would link to a wiki page, but it contains bad langage, so I sadly cannot, or at least not without breaking the forum rules. Sorry. However, from what I know:

AFAIK — As far as I know
BTW — By the way
Bump — When somebody posts in a thread to bring it back up to the top of the forum page and get it noticed.
Spam — Posting, which often makes no sense, just to increase post-count. Most posts of this nature include the phrase "+1" to indicate the level of which their post count has increased by.
AoR (a.k.a ZoR) — Area/Zone of recruitment, A feature in many modifications, and in the games M:TW and R:TW, which restricts certain units to be trained in certain regions. For example, Swiss Pikemen can only be trained in the province of Switzerland or Spartan Hoplites only being available in Sparta and Syracuse.
PBM (a.k.a PBeM)— Play by (e-mail) campaign. A nice explanation of this can be found here.

Hope this helps, cheers!

[I Am Herenow]

Thanks guys! :)

Found two more confusing ones:

FRAPS
UI

Also, as for FTW ("for the win), "[x] ftw" means "[x] is (a) good (thing)". Could be extended to FTD, ~L (For the Draw, ~Loss) - again, "This is mediocre"/"This is bad", but those are really only joke ones.

[Warmaster Horus]

UI is User Interface, I believe. It's basically what you see on screen (Unit cards, mini-map...)
FRAPS, I don't think is an abreviation, but is a usefull program to take screenshots and videos. It's free, but in that case you can only get 30 seconds max videos. I don't know any other limitation.

[IrishArmenian]

An abbreviation is a shortening of a word or phrase, commonly made by only using the first letter in each word, example After Action Report becomes AAR.

[naut]

Also, IIRC - If I Remember Correctly

[Raz]

To save you time, if you ever come upon the letters GUI it just refers to the previously answered abbreviation UI or User Interface. (GUI = Graphic User Interface if you ever need to know).

[Fußball]

IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Honest Opinion

And a few M2TW unit specific abbreviations:

DGK - Dismounted Gothic Knights
DFK - Dismounted Feudal Knights
DCK - Dismounted Chivalric Knights
S&S - Sword & Shield
2hander - Anything from Zweihänder ( two handed sword:two hander ) to 2handed Axe

[naut]

IMHO can also mean In My Humble Opinion

[I Am Herenow]

Thanks!

What does EDU stand for?

[Raz]

export_descr_unit - It's a data file in the data folder of your root game in either M2TW or RTW, if that makes any sense to you. ~_^

Don't worry about it unless you plan on modifying your game.

[caravel]

CITC® - Camels Insulted, Thread Closed®

Camel®, CITC®, and the "CAMELS! CAMELS! CAMELS!®" logo are registered trademarks of Mithrandir® Corporation

[naut]

Not to mention, Camels - God.

[I Am Herenow]

CITC® - Camels Insulted, Thread Closed®

Camel®, CITC®, and the "CAMELS! CAMELS! CAMELS!®" logo are registered trademarks of Mithrandir® Corporation

Not to mention, Camels - God.

What?!

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi I Am Herenow,
A famous moderator, who is highly revered by most in the community, named Mithrandir, has a dedicated passion for camels. It is believed that he gained this adoration through playing M:TW Multiplayer Player (MP) and winning many battles due to their superior uses against those highly inferior horses! Mithrandir closes most threads which insult camels with his famous words "Camels Insulted, Thread Closed!". However, don't worry, he never closes threads for just that reason, that's just his catchphrase! Hope this helps, cheers!

BTW, OP/TS - Original Poster/Thread Starter - the person who began the thread.

[I Am Herenow]

I see lol

Well thanks for the info!

[Mithrandir]

TBC- There be Camels
BoTC - beware of the Camels
DIC -Dont Insult Camels
CFTW-Camels For The Win
COA-Camels Own All
LOLTHHSITCTEIN-Laughing Out Loud, They have horses, send in the camels to end it now
DWTTSCHDHJYTSCDSDSII- Dont Walk There, The StableCleaner Hasn't Done His Job Yet There is Still Camel Dung So Dont Step In It

[Mithrandir]

WTC?!~-What the Camel?!

[I Am Herenow]

Thanks lol

[Fußball]

That's a lot of camel. I have a feeling there shall be more to come.

Tschüß!
Erich

[SwordsMaster]

WTC?!~-What the Camel?!

Moderator SPAM?

[Caius]

Moderator SPAM?

2nd mod that spam.

Andres found Sasaki Kojiro spamming in the Midgard Saga.

[Andres]

ATC : AndresTheCunning. Changed his name to Andres to avoid any misinterpretations, like AndresTheCamel. Dislikes camels because they stink. They really do.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

2nd mod that spam.

Andres found Sasaki Kojiro spamming in the Midgard Saga.

L,AL: Lies, all lies.

[Somebody Else]

GAH! - Get A Head! (Don't ask, something to do with Vanya. And soup.)
BKS - Big Queen Santaphrax (Beirut's the other front-room mod, and has an axe. 'nuff said.)